It has been over 45 years since The Police recorded their breakout song, Roxanne, and Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers shared a truth about the breakout single.
For years there has been a rumor that you can hear Sting’s butt hit the piano keys at the beginning of the tune. Is it true? “True,” the guitarist said, “He walked across the studio as we’re still recording, and he sat on the piano.”
Why did they keep it? Because Summers explained, “It was sort of a punk, irrelevant thing to do.”
So now you will hear that sound and think of Sting’s flat butt making beautiful music as it hit the ivories. Want to have that image in your head now, then
